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Show Chaffee and Fergoson Are Dynamite petition." Last year things came to a head for him when he won the name "Hotdogger of the Year" from Ski Magazine for the best overall performance in the Divisional and National Championships of Freestyle Skiing for 1973. Since then he has served on the board of directors for the International Inter-national Freestyle Skiers Association in 1974. By Nedra Morgan Suzy Chaffee is not as 'daffey" as they say. With a pert smile and a whisp of blusher onher cheeks, she greeted greet-ed us with a quip, Oh, so you're not interested in my slit ends." Max and I, the inveterate and beleaguered reporters met two superstars of skiing on their own grounds that evening, instead of the smokey, clattering newsroom, we sat down to a beer in the Park West ski lounge. Air-born Eddie Fer-gason Fer-gason joined us to chime in on the meaning of the "Hotdog" or rather, freestyle skiing that went on last week in Park City. Both of these people have made skiing a living and they both felt that freestyling was something that had to come if not for everyone, at least for themselves. "I got bored with racing," said the svelt blonde from Vermont, or New York, or Innsbruck she's travelled extensively. "It's interesting, but it definitely has its limits." Eddie concurred with this. "After you get down from two hours of teaching stem crystiesyouliketo do something different. I invented the shoulder roll when I was 14 and I did it out of boredom." Eddie with the dynamite smile has been skiing since he was 7 and is now 27. With those 20 years behind his opinion, he feels racing has gone as far as it can. "How much faster can these guys get?" he asked retorically. Suzy seemed more than pleased that freestyling has come in to full bloom. 'This is the sport's answer to the 'greening of America.' " We didn't need to ask how she came to that but it's something like a consciousness raising. (You're welcome to write in if you'e got something different dif-ferent to say). It seems that she started this move toward a freer style of skiing way back in '68 and that's a long seven years ago, kids. "What separates this from racing is that the possibilities are unlimited. It keeps you growing and happier." Eddie said he finds that it makes him push himself, to make the limits of skiing he once faced, unlimited. "My favorite film is the 'Outer Limits", something about skiing and the creative forces hidden with it. The idea for it developed spontaneously, Suzy recalled re-called with some excitement. People saw it, began contributing con-tributing to it and it brought about the higher level of awareness at least where skiing is concerned. Eddie, the airborne kid from Idaho is no spud about this either. It seems that a number of professional skiers in the late '60's had the same idea. "Things progressed synergistically. Everyone helped everybody and it's brought about a new cooperativeness unseen in' racings com- " V.. - x. L " p tt : . 1 d f ; J (w S. I ! V v i IL . I - r in i i - a. ' u,i miBy V - Ml ' : ' i " 7 : Sue f X j "v . . . X. V Suzy Chaff ee Eddie Fergason |